Tuesday, September 26, 2006

An easy way to speed up your Windows XP PC is to load your Windows kernel into your PC's RAM.

The registry key to be modified to speed up your Windows XP PC is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive

To speed up your Windows XP PC, set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive to 1. This will disable the normal Windows XP paging logic that slows down your PC

Who should use this technique to speed up your Windows XP PC : This Windows XP registry change should only be used for systems with 256MB or more of memory. Typically, this Windows XP hack to speed up your PC is only advised for systems with 512 MB of memory

Monday, September 25, 2006

Windows XP boot times can be improved drastically. You just need to tweak a Windows XP registry parameter.

Windows XP has a major drawback in taking a significant amount of time to boot. One option to speed up the boot time is to tweak the prefetching options in the Windows registry.

What is prefetching in Windows XP : Prefetching is caching of system boot files for faster loading. But Hey,the quantum of caching has a significant impact fon system boot time. By selecting the appropriate components for prefetching in Windows XP, the system boot time can be significantly improved

Sunday, September 17, 2006

What is pretexting? Pretexting implies pretending to be someone else in order to access the private records of customers

Why is pretexting dangerous? Pretexting is the prelude to identity theft that is nowadays practised not only by individuals but also organized crime

What is the HP-Verizon pretexting controversy? HP hired investigators used pretexting by pretending to be telecom personnel and managed to get hold of the phone records of Verizon customers.The HP investigators used pretexting to attempt to solve the news leaks from the HP boardroom. As attorneys battle out this pretexting drama,the US Government and Congress have hopefully woken to the pretexting menace.

As you can see,pretexting is scary and Governments need to enact laws to punish pretexting and identity thefts and protect the rights of customers

Another valid question about rootkit: Why isnt the IT industry rising up in protect against rootkits - Why arent rootkits being eliminated while popups are treated like the anti-Christ.

The rootkits protection answer isnt far away - the so called protectors and industry leaders of the IT industry are themselves indulging in spreading their own rootkits. Nothing works like rootkits in intruding people privacy